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The Boston Tea Party meets urban agriculture

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:30:07 +0000

Think "strict constitutionalists" have control of the Boston Tea Party as metaphor? Not so fast... sustainable food activists in Boston itself are latching on to this seminal act of American revolt to "catalyze a movement" around urban agriculture, fresh food access, and green space creation this Spring.

Neighborhoods Get Federal Help With Brownfields, Housing, Transport

Sundance Channel — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:09:09 +0000

A new Office of Sustainable Communities is being created within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help communities take an integrated approach to making environmental, housing and transportation decisions.

Harvard inks wind power deal

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:30:32 +0000

If you've gone as far as pricing a renewable energy system for your home, you may have suffered a bit of sticker shock: solar and wind systems can easily run $20,000 -- $40,000 before any incentives. Now, imagine the prices on systems for large businesses and institutions. It's no wonder that these big players have sought out alternatives to buying systems outright, and often entered into power purchase agreements (or PPAs) for energy produced by technology owned by others. Harvard University went this route yesterday when it signed a contract with Boston-based wind energy developer First Wind.

Big dig house

Matthew Rodriguez — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:22:19 +0000

I really “dig” this beautiful house designed by architects at Single Speed Design and built with material salvaged and reutilized from Boston’s infamous and epic “Big Dig,” the most expensive highway project in US history. Originally estimated in 1985 to cost $2.5 billion, by 2008 the Big Dig’s bill ran upwards of $22 billion. The [...]